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Archive for the ‘Oil Palm’ Category

1. To stop using natural forest areas for oil palm plantations.
2. To stop using peatland areas for oil palm plantations.
3. To stop using high conservation value areas for oil palm plantations
4. To stop using high carbon stock areas for oil palm plantations.
5. To prevent biodiversity loss.
6. To prohibit use of fire in oil palm plantations.
7. To ensure the right to use land for oil palm plantations.
8. To ensure compliance with laws and regulations (e.g. SHM, STD-B, and SPPL).
9. To impede land degradation.
10.To conserve ground and surface water.
11.To minimize water and air pollutions.
12.To mitigate GHG emission.
13.To apply good agricaltural practices
14.To obtain high productivity of palm trees.
15.To produce high quality of FFBs.
16.To improve farm profits and farmers’ income from oil palm plantations.
17.To improve the welfare of farmers and rural community.

To achieve sustainable oil palm production through its supply chainswhich are technically-available, environmentally-friendly, socially-acceptable, and economically viableand to promote better quality of life for farmers and their community.

The first RSPO-certified scheme smallholders was the plasma under Asian Agri in year 2010 and 2011.
The latest RSPO-certified plasma was obtained in September 2012.
Asian Agri is one of the world’s largest scheme smallholders in Indonesia.

The plasma were certified with support from:
– The Palm Oil Producers Support Initiative (POPSI)
(a program supported by RSPO and Solidaridad).